11 Facts About Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Douglas James "Doug" Holtz-Eakin was born on February 3,1958 and is an American economist.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin was formerly an economics professor at Syracuse University, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and chief economic policy adviser to Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin took his first wife's maiden name, Holtz, as part of his own upon their marriage in 1981.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin established his academic career with appointments at Princeton and Columbia University.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin was tenured faculty at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University from 1990 to 2003, where he was appointed Professor in 1995 and Chair of the Department of Economics from 1997 to 2001.

In 2003, Douglas Holtz-Eakin left Syracuse University to become Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

In 2007, Douglas Holtz-Eakin was hired as chief economic policy adviser to US Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin drew particular attention when he claimed that, as a US Senator on the Commerce Committee, McCain "helped create" the BlackBerry wireless device.

In early 2010, Douglas Holtz-Eakin became president of American Action Forum, a conservative think tank focused on fiscal and public policy issues.

Since joining American Action Forum, Douglas Holtz-Eakin has appeared on Fox News to argue against a 2010 health care bill, as well as writing a similarly worded Op-Ed for The New York Times.

In 2013, Holtz-Eakin was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v Perry case.